Scientists from Berkeley Engineering and Berkeley Lab have designed a rechargeable N95 mask with a custom fit
Engineering faculty, students mobilize to help COVID-19 efforts
As the coronavirus continues to sicken millions of people across the United States and the world, Berkeley researchers and students are contributing their time and expertise to combat the outbreak.
From providing real-time localized information on infections to more efficiently resterilizing N95 masks, the engineering community is focusing on ways to inform the public and aid beleaguered healthcare workers facing critical shortages of medical supplies.
New diagnostic test, with accurate results in under 30 minutes, developed by scientists at Berkeley (including bioengineer Daniel Fletcher) and Gladstone Institutes
First FDA-approved, rapid test for home use was developed by Lucira Health, founded by bioengineering Ph.D. graduates Debkishore Mitra and John Waldeisen
In response to the pandemic, engineers at Berkeley pivoted their research to help test, treat and heal a growing number of patients.
Berkeley civil engineers have developed a rapid, low-cost and effective method to test for the presence of the coronavirus in wastewater flowing through municipal sewer systems
How various members of the Fung Institute community take initiative to support COVID-19 response
Resourceful and affordable, about 600 apparatuses from Grace O’Connell’s lab head to Ecuador this month
Samples from a single collection station can reveal clues to how the SARS-CoV-2 virus is circulating in communities
C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute announces new funding for projects
Berkeley bioengineer Patrick Hsu and colleagues at UCSF found flaws in many of the 14 serology tests evaluated.
Rebecca Abergel, Paul Adams, and Adam Arkin are overseeing projects designed to boost coronavirus diagnostic technology
Hany Farid is conducting a major survey of people to see how much they believe conspiracies about COVID-19
New initiative helps designers, engineers and makers explore open-source plans for medical supplies needed by those on the frontlines of the COVID19 pandemic
Engineers develop powered air-purifying respirators that can be rapidly manufactured using widely available components
Paige Balcom is co-founder of Takataka Plastics, which has its roots in Berkeley’s Big Ideas Contest.
Nobel Laureate Saul Perlmutter and Public Health Dean Michael Lu moderate April 7 roundtable with computing and data science researchers
Makerspaces on campus allowed to operate to support projects in response to the pandemic.
Converting CPAP and BiPAP machines safely could add tens of thousands to COVID-19 ventilator supply
A group of Berkeley students have created a website/app that contains localized information about COVID-19
Professor Michel Maharbiz is working with medical device makers to allow hospital staff to remotely monitor and adjust patients’ ventilators
Professor Amy Herr is part of a research consortium that seeks to provide scientific consensus on face mask sterilization methods
Professor Bin Yu and her team are developing models to connect hospitals with needed supplies
UC Berkeley and UIUC are the headquarters for the C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute, which announced a call for research proposals for AI technology to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.
Berkeley bioengineers have launched themselves into efforts to study the COVID-19 virus and outbreak, mitigate its effects, and support victims and caregivers